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grantcart

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19. Dr. King also disagreed when he was trying to make the following point

Mon Jan 20, 2014, 03:17 PM

Jan 2014

''The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.''

Fear is a terrible state to live in and I can understand why the author wants to credit Dr. King with providing the life changing catalyst for so many trapped in fear.

But, and I could be wrong, I have always felt that guilt is the most destructive state to live in and Dr. King showed White America how it could just take that load and leave it on the side of the road.

Good for your dad for not being perfect but trying to be fair. Your dad's experience didn't end with him but it was built upon and expanded by you, and your daughter.

The degree that the words and life of Dr. King help someone deal with fear or guilt will have little to do with the color of their skin but the degree of self reflection that we may have.

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